On October 28, 2011, Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) announced that it was extending the comment period on its Draft 2012 Policies until Monday, November 7, 2011. Furthermore, ISS announced that the final 2012 Policies are expected to be issued the week of November 14, 2011.
For more details, see this entry on the ISS Governance Blog by Ted Allen:
http://blog.issgovernance.com/gov/2011/10/iss-policy-comment-period-extended-to-nov-7.html